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  • St Dragon (Kixx & MAX Compilation)Hi folks, This title has been doing my nut in for years, and I wondered if anyone knew how to make a working TZX. [url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15363…

    ... source as the blue/black border loader ?

    I had a ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker December 2011 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…

    ... basic loader which copies ROM loader to higher RAM and changes border colours ... across the screen and border

    loader (5) allowed for screen ... uses interrupts during the loader to make border lines disappear at certain ...
    nuggetreggae nuggetreggae October 2013 Development
  • Tau Ceti - funny loaderHere in India we used to get games in tapes with a generic "ZX Spectrum" tape-inlay (consisting of a picture of the Speccy on a black background, and…

    ... Ceti has a funny loader. The basic loader loads as "Ian's ... the SCREEN$+data. The loading border is white and black when ... Tau Ceti with a hacked loader? Or is it something else ...
    Arjun Arjun August 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • test my loader?Hello. I was playing around trying to customise the ROM loading routine, but I quickly realised that although I'd found out how to change the border…

    ... out how to change the border colours easily, changing the baud ... disassembled Graham Mason's 'Turbo Loader' from YS, and looked at ... instructions you can change for border colours, although it's a ... , I've set up the loader and saver and saved a ...
    mulder mulder September 2005 Development
  • Can you write in the border?Is it at all technically possible in any way to get stuff into the border, apart from changing the border colour? I believe the C64 used the border a…

    ... stuff into the border, apart from changing the border colour?
    ... already.
    When the loader's going, it changes the ... the screen can draw the border changing colour completely. With ... Has a more closely controlled border usage already been done?
    Vertigo Vertigo November 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • Machine Code Microdrive File LoaderI've been experimenting with transferring games to run from microdrive. Typically I like to see a loading screen while things are happening, and I li…

    ... ];
    ; machine code microdrive file loader
    ; proof of concept
    border to black
    ld (attr_p ...
    jp jp August 2009 Development
  • border graphics / text tricks ?just curious if it was possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program you have "scroll ?" in the lower border? is there trickery that you can…

    ... have "scroll ?" in the lower border?

    is there ... />
    also things like odd loader starts..e.g. star strike ... star farce have none standard loader message not the usual "program ... is when messing with loading / loader stuff, why are the last ...
    fog fog December 2009 Development
  • A tidy loader for minigamesThe minigame competition doesn't permit the use of separate loaders like [code]10 LOAD "": RAND USR 32768[/code] The loader must be included in the b…

    ... USR 32768[/code]
    The loader must be included in the ... />
    Here's a better loader:
    [code]2328 PRINT USR ...
    ajmoss ajmoss June 2010 Development
  • Request for help (Z80 gigascreen loader)Although I'd attempted to stick to keeping things simple in Image to ZX Spec now I've implemented Gigascreen (8x8 only) I've found the BASIC Gigascre…

    ... found the BASIC Gigascreen slideshow loader I'd tried to write ... /> 1 BRIGHT 1: PAPER 0: BORDER 0: INK 7
    10 ... Y,1;"* 128K Buffered Video Loader *"
    180 LET Y=Y ...
    brownb2 brownb2 February 2011 Development
  • game with a fullscreen loader?any game with a loader that has loading stripes all over the screen, not just in the border? guess there were some, even with atypically coloured st…

    any game with a loader that has loading stripes all over the screen, not just in the border?

    guess there were some, even with atypically coloured stripes (magenta/green, b/w, blue/black... and so on)
    de Vandemar Croup de Vandemar Croup August 2012 Games
  • Manic Miner - Loader And Screen DifferencesThere are some changes between the various releases and re-releases of Manic Miner with both the loader and the loading screen itself. Here I'll deta…

    ...

    [B]Loader (Bug Byte) original:[/B]
    Border command.

    [B]Loader (Software Projects ... 22784

    [B]Loader (Mastertronic Added Dimension) Re-Release ... img]

    [B]Loader (Ventamatic) Release:[/B]
    < ...
    spider spider September 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • JSW2 - Game Loader DifferencesThere are three official releases of JSW2. I'm not counting the 'JSW2-128' version here as far as I'm aware this was not in any way 'official' as it …

    ... address, and then examined the loader section, ie all code after ...
    spider spider September 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…

    ... wrote:
    Would a simple loader which just loads a screen ... command but uses a multicoloured border suffice?

    Or ... looking for - then a black border ? la Speedlock 3 (etc) ... remember seeing a white stripe on the Defcom loader) then that should ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone July 2003 Games
  • non standard loader bar coloursAs with my speedloader thread, when did non standard colours start to appear and who came up with the idea and what was the reaction?

    ... Cliff Hanger) has a rainbow stripe border which is pretty simple to ... the end of standard ROM loader (in LD-SAMPLE):

    StuBruise StuBruise April 2007 Games
  • Changing the way SCREEN$ is loadedThe way the speccy loads in a SCREEN$ is interesting - top two-thirds first, then middle and finally the bottom, which is due to the way the speccy d…

    ... the ROM loader, but with different values for the border stripe colours.
    Rickard Rickard October 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The most unique game loaderFor me it has to be Technician Ted, when the stripes give way to walking men and a timer.

    ... developer completely disabled the stripe visibility, so the border stayed pure white ... the game, I assumed the loader had crashed :lol:

    j00ce j00ce April 2011 Games
  • Manic Miner - Loader And Screen DifferencesThere are some changes between the various releases and re-releases of Manic Miner with both the loader and the loading screen itself. Here I'll deta…

    ... the "white border stripe" below the black after the BASIC loader, so it ... USR 33792[/code]...without the BORDER 0.

    I think ...
    gkmac gkmac September 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ProTracker manual/instruction in English?Hello. A friend of mine would like to start making AY music on ZX Spectrum. In this purpose he'd like to have a ProTracker's instruction/guide/manu…

    ... compilation errors are shown on border.
    Since v3.697 ... loading module.

    Loader:

    Setups are ... colours;
    5d3d: bit0-2 = border;
    bit4 = "play on";
    stripe over line numbers -
    ...
    Alone Coder Alone Coder July 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Favourite turbo loaders?Hey, guys. Title says it all. Which were your favourite turbo loaders/fast loaders/protection schemes, whatever you want to call them? I have a so…

    I like the Starquake loader. It overwrites its own code during the loading process with slightly different code, though the only difference is the border stripe colour. I just think it's neat.
    i love the z80s i love the z80s September 2022 Games
  • Anyone Recognizes This Loader?Hi there! I live in Argentina. I have a -dead by now- CZ Spectrum (a ZX clone made by an argentinian company, Czerweny, which used to make... Excell…

    ... was almost inevitably the following loader (always standard blocks, with headers ... ):

    A single BASIC loader (no assembly), which LOADs a ... last sentence in the BASIC loader was invariably RANDOMIZE USR 20140 ...
    Marcelo Marcelo November 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Machine code loaderI was wondering how people wrote games. On the trail to this knowledge I discovered a machine code loader in basic, and also z80 assemblers. Which i…

    ... I discovered a machine code loader in basic, and also z80 ...
    Duxbuz Duxbuz August 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Most nice Loader ScreenHi, What is the better loader screen from speccy games?? or simply which is the screen you more remember.. I remember a lot the screen$ from Roboc…

    Hi,

    What is the better loader screen from speccy games?? or simply which is the screen you more remember..

    I remember a lot the screen$ from Robocop and HeadOverHeels.. also GreenBeret.
    Javier Alca?iz Javier Alca?iz March 2002 Games
  • The old days and improving the Spectrum experience.I was reminded of this recently, by a thread about Mask... Back in the day, I used to have a DISCiPLE interface and had to make do with snapshots of…

    ... games that used the standard loader... Headerless files using CALL ... (Speedlocks, Firebird, Alkatraz, that loader with the instructions in it ... step was to make the loader "unbreakable" (pressing SPACE during ... brief flash of a white border, so the loading of ...
    Jmk Jmk May 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Queries about loading schemesAccording to the review of Wizard's Lair in Crash issue 14: [quote]Wizard's Lair has an unusual fast loader, which makes the border flash in wide ban…

    ... has an unusual fast loader, which makes the border flash in wide ...
    darkman darkman September 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Wanted: Code to wait until Border has been drawnWhen my IM2 interrupt fires, I want to wait until the ULA is past the first line of display before drawing. I know I need to wait about 14300T after…

    When my IM2 interrupt fires, I want to wait until the ULA is past the first line of display before drawing.

    I know I need to wait about 14300T after interrupt but how can I tell if the ULA is now past the border and onto the screen?
    robpearmain robpearmain September 2004 Development
  • EmuZWin - border in Full Screen modeWhenever I switch to Fullscreen mode I do not see the BORDER (and it is set to "thick"). Is it because my laptop is "widescreen"?

    Whenever I switch to Fullscreen mode I do not see the BORDER (and it is set to "thick").

    Is it because my laptop is "widescreen"?
    princm princm January 2005 Emulators
  • Does ScanLine[0] have a left border?My emulator couldn't handle Cobra or ShortCircuit so I added some rough port FF values. I now want to make it a bit more accurate. The FAQ gives me a…

    ... with 256 screen pixels, then border (right), then horizontal retrace, ... and then border again." (left on next line ... What happens to the left border. Usually this is on the ... vertical retrace so the left border actually gets displayed in ...
    Unique Unique February 2005 Development
  • Setting the borderCan someone tell me best way to set the border to a given colour using machine code. Its there an operating system call or can I load up a memory loc…

    Can someone tell me best way to set the border to a given colour using machine code. Its there an operating system call or can I load up a memory location. Thanks.
    Mr Millside Mr Millside February 2005 Development
  • XLR-8 Mastering utils: quick heads-upFirstly, only do this using an emulated 48K rubberkey at this stage because that's all it was ever tested on. "LOADER MAKER" - "First decrypter" - p…

    ... ever tested on.

    "LOADER MAKER" - "First decrypter" - pick a ... encryption it'll stick the loader for the game into the ... /> "XLR8MASTER" - "Mask colour" is the border colour during loading, 0-7 ...
    JonNorth JonNorth December 2005 Development
  • SPECTRUM +3 NIGHTMAREGot my Specci +3 through the post this morning. The good news all the keys work and it turns on ok. The bad news the disk drive doesn't work. When yo…

    ... nothing happens. I used the loader option and after a few ... blank screen with a red border. I tried the connections, I ...
    mutantcamel mutantcamel January 2006 Hardware
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